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Smartifying a washing machine (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I've got a non-smart washer, but after a recent power outage I noticed that it resumes the wash cycle at it's current point when power is cut then restored.

Enter an IKEA smart button and smart plug.

I load the washer, get it started then press the button to kill power and enable an automation (currently on have 4 am and 3 pm).

At 4am or 3pm, the automation turns the power back on and disables itself.

Next step is monitoring the smart plug power monitoring to send a notification when the washer finishes.

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[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For the power state monitoring I can recommend this blueprint, which does everything for you (and maybe even more): https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor

[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

This looks perfect. Thank you!